Drogheda United vs Dundalk Match Analysis and Prediction

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Dundalk will be looking to move closer to the top of the League of Ireland Premier Division when they make a trip to take on Drogheda United.

Drogheda United endured a tough start to the League of Ireland Premier Division season, as they picked up 13 points from the first 15 matches.

After four straight defeats left them close to the relegation zone, they managed to bounce back with a 3-1 victory over Finn Harps, before they made it two on the bounce as Ryan Brennan scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over league leaders Shamrock Rovers.

While they failed to continue a winning streak, Kevin Doherty’s side managed to extend an unbeaten run as they collected consecutive points from draws with Bohemians, Derry City and Sligo Rovers before travelling to St Patrick’s Athletic last time out where they lost 3-0.

While they have largely improved their position in recent weeks, Drogheda remain ten points and just one place above Finn Harps in the relegation playoff spot.

After geeting off the track early in the season, picking up just 15 points from their opening 11 matches, Dundalk have put themselves in the title race by winning eight of their last 10 games and drawing the other two.

A run of five consecutive wins, leading up to a crucial win over the league leaders, saw Dundalk race into second place and reduce the gap to Shamrock Rovers, before they had to settle for a point from a goalless draw with Shelbourne.

Stephen O’Donnell’s side then managed to make an immediate return to winning ways last time out, beating University College Dublin 3-0.

With Friday’s contest acting as one of their games in hand, Dundalk will be desperate to post a second successive win to cut the gap between themselves and Shamrock to seven points.

Drogheda United vs Dundalk head to head

The two teams have previously met on 58 occasions across all competitions, where Drogheda have claimed 16 victories while Dundalk have won 32, and they have drawn in 10. Dundalk have scored 113 goals and conceded 59. In their last five meetings Drogheda have won three while Dundalk have won two.

Dundalk 1-2 Drogheda United 20/08/21

Drogheda United 0-1 Dundalk 04/11/21

Dundalk 1-2 Drogheda United 11/02/22

Drogheda United 1-0 Dundalk 18/03/22

Dundalk 4-1 Drogheda United 29/04/22

Drogheda United latest home form

Drogheda United have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, having lost just one of their seven most recent matches. They drew 0-0 with Sligo Rovers in their last home form in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded six.

Drogheda United 1-1 Derry City 18/04/22

Drogheda United 0-4 St Patrick’s Athletic 06/05/22

Drogheda United 3-1 Finn Harps 20/05/22

Drogheda United 1-0 Shemrock Rovers 23/05/22

Drogheda United 0-0 Sligo Rovers 24/06/22

Drogheda United latest away form

Drogheda United have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having been winless in their six most recent matches. They lost 3-0 to St Patrick’s Athletic in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored three goals and conceded 10.

Dundalk 4-1 Drogheda United 29/04/22

Shelbourne 1-0 Drogheda United 13/05/22

Bohemians 1-1 Drogheda United 27/05/22

Derry City 1-1 Drogheda United 17/06/22

St Patrick’s Athletic 3-0 Drogheda United 01/07/22

Dundalk latest home form

Dundalk have recently been on a good run of form at home, having won each of their nine most recent matches. They managed to defeat University College Dublin 3-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 10 goals and conceded just two.

Dundalk 3-1 Bohemians 13/05/22

Dundalk 1-0 St Patrick’s Athletic 27/05/22

Dundalk 1-0 Shamrock Rovers 17/06/22

Dundalk 2-1 Larne 18/06/22

Dundalk 3-0 UCD 01/07/22

Dundalk latest away form

Dundalk have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their four most recent matches. They played out a goalless draw with Shelbourne in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored five goals and conceded four.

Shamrock Rovers 1-0 Dundalk 18/04/22

UCD 2-2 Dundalk 06/05/22

Derry City 1-2 Dundalk 20/05/22

Finn Harps 0-1 Dundalk 23/05/22

Shelbourne 0-0 Dundalk 24/06/22

Drogheda United news

Dean Williams will again lead the line for Drogheda United, having scored five goals in 16 top-flight appearances so far this season.

Gary Deegan will again line up alongside Darragh Nugent and Luke Heeney in the engine room, with Evan Weir, Andrew Quinn and captain Dane Massey set to form the back three.

Dundalk news

Dundalk are likely to retain the starting XI after their resounding win over UCD, although Keith Ward will be pushing for a starting spot after his goal off the bench.

Patrick Hoban continued a spell on the sidelines in that game, and David McMillan led the line and got on the scoresheet in his absence.